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SLEEPING BAG Filed March 6, 1946 36 20 n "u 36H Patented May 25, 1948 omen ,amaca sacarme-BAG 1J can Boekbinden Bhiladelphia, ,-Pa.

ApplicationgMarch 6, 1946,1Serial No. 652,374,

l My invention relates Yto wearingapparel' and relates particularly to a garment tocover Aan infant or very young child safely and-comfortably at night. Y

Heretofore, sleeping garments "for `van vinfant f or a very young child -up to three years of age have been manufactured and sold. One type of sleeping garmenthasbeen a bag-like member substantial-ly covering :the-:body and reet of l.the

infant and having strings attached towthegarment whereby the. strings maybe tied to the bed in order to preventthe average child, 'who squrms; around, from becoming fatally enbftng'ied the garment. ,Habitsfcrmedby the infant have a lasting ,effect, andrestricting the Amovement of the normalinfant 1in-tying him ite/the bed or placing the infant within a constricting garment with a tight neck band tends to inhibit the infants natural movements, thereby impeding the infants natural development.

In other cases loose `'blankets and coverings are used for the infant and these present a danger of smothering the infant by virtue of entanglement.

The prior art sleeping coverings present problems of inhibiting the natural movement of the infant or of presenting dangers of smothering or of strangling.

It is, therefore, an object of my invention to overcome the difficulties presented by the prior art sleeping coverings.

Another object of my invention is to provide a sleeping bag for an infant which is comfortable, completely safe, and permits complete freedom of movement of the infant.

Another object of my invention is to provide a sleeping garment for an infant whereby the infant may change his position during the sleeping period as frequently as desired with freedom and safety, and the child may safely revert to sleeping on his stomach or his back as he chooses for his own comfort.

Another object of my invention is to provide a sleeping garment for an infant wherein no surplus folds endanger the child, the garment does not ride-up on the infant, and wherein the child may play freely, completely uninhibited, and stand, sit, walk, or crawl in it.

Other objects of my invention are to provide an improved device of the character described, that is easily and economically produced, which is sturdily constructed, and which is highly efficient in use.

With the above and related objects in view, my invention consists in the details of constructionan-d combination of parts, as will be more vfully understood from the following descrip- .iin similiar reference characters refer to similar parts, I show a sleeping garment for an infant or young child up to three years of agewhereby the infant or child may be covered safely and comfortably at night. The garment may be easily washed, it presents no troublesome and dangerous ties, no loose ends, and the infant may be placed within the garment in a few seconds. The child also may play freely, completely uninhibited, and stand, sit, walk, or crawl in the garment.

A single piece of material or panel I0, such as all wool blanketing for winter, or cotton blanketing for spring and summer, may be used as the pattern. The pattern preferably is made of parallel side edges I2, I4 and a bottom edge I5 substantially at right angles to the side edges. The upper edge has a configuration cut therein to serve as armholes I6, I8 and a neck opening 2U. Starting from the center of the material I0, along the upper edge, is an arcuate neck opening outline 22 .which is almost semi-circular. Proceeding to one side is an inclined edge 24 which is inclined downwardly to form a portion of a front shoulder. The edge 24 terminates in a sharp V-shaped notch 26 which serves to sever the material for an armhole; from the other side of the V-shaped notch is the back shoulder portion 24A which coincides with shoulder portion 24, and a portion of-the rear neck portion 22A terminates in the back shoulder portion 24A. l The other side is symmetrically arranged to form sloping shoulder portions 28, 28A, a second deep V-shaped notch 30, and a neck portion 22B.

The distance of approximately one-half the width of the panel .between the notches 2B, 30 represents the front of the garment, and the distance of approximately one-quarter the width of the panel from the notches to the side edges I2, I4 represents the back of the garment. The

3 panel I thereby is divided into a central section and side sections. The edges I2, UI may be brought together by a series of buttons 32 and complementary buttonholes 32A, or zippers (not s shown) tive in appearance.

In use, an infant is slipped into the bag and the buttons pulled through the buttonholes, the two` side edges being overlapped by about three inches and also being trimmedwith rayon or othersuitable material. if

The cut and depth of the shoulder eliminates the necessity of sleeves, since it extends to approXimately the elbow of the child and affords more freedom of the arms than sleeves.

The sleeping garment may be Worn over the childs pajamas or nightgown, it is inexpensive, and because of the simplicity of the construction is easily assembled, and it is made in sizes according to the age of the child. v v

Although my invention has been described `in considerable detail, such description is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope ofthe invention is to be` determined as claimed."

I claim as my invention:

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A sleeping garment for infants comprising a single panel having substantially parallel side edges, a bottom edge at right angles to said side edges, a pair of narrow-in-#width deep V-shaped notches being formed in said panel and extending downwardly from the upper edge and spaced from theside edges approximately one-quarter of the width of said panel and defining a central section and side sections, aportion of thetop edge adjacent .each Anotch sloping upwardly and outwardly therefrom to form shoulder portions, the inner ends of the centrally disposed sloping edges being connected by a downwardly disposed arcuate edge, the ends of the outwardly disposed sloping edges being connected to the outer side edges of the panel by arcuate edges, the side sections being4 folded upon the central section and disposing the said side edges of the panel adjacent one another, the registering bottom edges being connected to form a closed bottom, the said registering sloping edges being secured together to `form shoulder portions, therregistering arcuate edges forming a neck. opening, and means to releasably hold said longitudinal edges-together for substantially the full length of the garment.

. -JEAN BOOKBINDER;

REFERENCES .l CITED The Yfollowing references are of record in the file of; this patent: v j Y l UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Datev 

